Custom is a tyrant. Proverb
Custom is a tyrant.CustomQuotations by Proverb
Month: November 2008
Laws are subordinate to custom. Titus Maccius Plautus
Laws are subordinate to custom.CustomQuotations by Titus Maccius Plautus
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit. Ovid
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.CustomQuotations by Ovid
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.CustomQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always.CustomQuotations by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. John Stuart Mill
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.CustomQuotations by John Stuart Mill
Custom, then, is the great guide of human life. David Hume
Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.CustomQuotations by David Hume
Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room. William Hazlitt
Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.CustomQuotations by William Hazlitt
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. Thomas Hardy
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.CustomQuotations by Thomas Hardy
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe. Charles Davenport
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.CustomQuotations by Charles Davenport
Custom reconciles us to everything. Edmund Burke
Custom reconciles us to everything.CustomQuotations by Edmund Burke
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. Edmund Waller
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.CursesQuotations by Edmund Waller
This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil. Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.CursesQuotations by Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Curses are like chickens, they always come home. Proverb
Curses are like chickens, they always come home.CursesQuotations by Proverb
I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse. Nicholas Breton
I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse.CursesQuotations by Nicholas Breton
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. Richard Whately
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.CuriosityQuotations by Richard Whately
The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent. Sir William Watson
The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent.CuriosityQuotations by Sir William Watson
Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization. G. M. Trevelyan
Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.CuriosityQuotations by G. M. Trevelyan
Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit. Jeremy Taylor
Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit.CuriosityQuotations by Jeremy Taylor
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. Arthur Schopenhauer
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.CuriosityQuotations by Arthur Schopenhauer
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Edward Sagan
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.CuriosityQuotations by Carl Edward Sagan
A man should go on living — if only to satisfy his curiosity. Yiddish Proverb
A man should go on living — if only to satisfy his curiosity.CuriosityQuotations by Yiddish Proverb
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. William Lyon Phelps
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.CuriosityQuotations by William Lyon Phelps
Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. Mary Mccarthy
Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.CuriosityQuotations by Mary Mccarthy
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.CuriosityQuotations by Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.CuriosityQuotations by Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery. Victor Hugo
Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.CuriosityQuotations by Victor Hugo
Curiosity is the lust of the mind. Thomas Hobbes
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.CuriosityQuotations by Thomas Hobbes
Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.CuriosityQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein
Never lose a holy curiosity.CuriosityQuotations by Albert Einstein
It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent. Marcus T. Cicero
It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.CuriosityQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
That low vice, curiosity! Lord Byron
That low vice, curiosity!CuriosityQuotations by Lord Byron
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity. Edmund Burke
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.CuriosityQuotations by Edmund Burke
Where the apple reddens never pry — lest we lose our Edens, Eve and I. Robert Browning
Where the apple reddens never pry — lest we lose our Edens, Eve and I.CuriosityQuotations by Robert Browning
Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand. Bible
Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.CuriosityQuotations by Bible
The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge. Apocrypha
The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge.CuriosityQuotations by Apocrypha
The greatest cunning is to have none at all. Carl Sandburg
The greatest cunning is to have none at all.CunningQuotations by Carl Sandburg
The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat. Georg C. Lichtenberg
The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat.CunningQuotations by Georg C. Lichtenberg
With foxes we must play the fox. Thomas Fuller
With foxes we must play the fox.CunningQuotations by Thomas Fuller
The weak in courage is strong in cunning. William Blake
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.CunningQuotations by William Blake